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Because there are people and places today and plenty of historical contexts where children were and are investments into the parents' futures. Think of places w
by jplayer01 7y ago
Because there are people and places today and plenty of historical contexts where children were and are investments into the parents' futures. Think of places where universal healthcare or pensions don't exist.
- saalweachter 7y agoOr, hell, America today. There is both a boring-common-unobserved case where children are expected to contribute to the household, and the less common but higher profile case where parents have written off their own chances of "making it big" and begin managing their children full time, most visibly in sports or acting/music.
- pnutjam 7y agoThere are plenty of children in America who contribute, sometimes through work. It's more common to see kids who contribute without knowing it, and often it make life rough for them. https://creditcards.usnews.com/articles/dont-let-your-parents-destroy-your-credit https://creditcards.usnews.com/articles/dont-let-your-parent...
- mike00632 7y ago>... parents have written off their own chances of "making it big" and begin managing their children full time, most visibly in sports or acting/music. I think you just described nicely the psychology of child beauty pageants.